§ MR. YERBURGHI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he can state the total number of men now serving in the Regular Army at home, the number of men under twenty years of age, and the number of men under two years' service; and whether men under the age of twenty are returned as effectives.
LORD STANLEYThe figures for non-commissioned officers and men on 1st November were as follows:—Total strength 145,668; under two years' service 50,820; under twenty years of age 33,551. All soldiers on the strength of their units are considered as effectives, whether under twenty years of age or not.